Omaha Beach was crazy brave. Unbelievable carnage.

My uncle landed on Omaha beach. His squad got creamed. He said it was just luck that he lived. Fought his way through it. Later fought for Clark in the bloodiest battle of WW2. Was decorated by U.S. Congress and French Army.

After the war he went home and became a plumber. Didn't want to talk about it, just wanted to chill out for the rest of his life.

Seriously.

I think he's savoring every minute of his life.
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And deservedly so.

Thanks Dad. RIP

You are right about that. He found humor and pleasure in the simple things that most people take for granted. Dude was as tough as a Missouri mule though.

Wait....I. Might have gotten it backwards. If Saving private Ryan was 1% of it...

And they never complained about it. They thought it was their job, not heroics.

I can't imagine seeing most of my friends get killed and fighting my way out of it.

I think everyone knew what you meant.

I so hate living in California.

You patriots in KC have a 7 page thread commemorating the heroes of D-Day that was posted at 7 in the morning.

I just posted a thread commemorating them on the 49er forum doing the same, here at 9 pm Pacific Time. The entire stinking forum forgot or couldn't be bothered.

Typical California. Typical SF bay area. Too cool for the military. Too cool for honor or sacrifice or patriotism. Their only causes worth fighting for are gay marriage, pot smoking, free hand outs and banning guns.

I hate California. If I live these last few years, I'm moving to Virginia the second I retire. The very second.

It is good to see that some people still understand freedom, that it is worth fighting for, that sacrifice is honorable and that there is more to life than selfishness.

I would rep everyone of you in this thread if I could, and I haven't even read the thread. I just see 7 pages that kicked off 14 hours ago while the 49er forum treated it as an afterthought.

That makes me sick to my stomach.

Coach - That was a compelling read about Excercise Tiger. I have never heard of it before, not even from my WWII historian brother.

Thanks for that story. Amazing. Sad for the loss of life but their sacrifice saved perhaps 10 times the number in the end. Wow.

I'm so grateful I never had to go to war. And grateful to those who had to so as to keep me free.

Glad the pledge of allegiance is illegal after 1 million men died defending our right to say it.

This thread was first started in 2009, so......

But, it's a worthy thread to bring back up and honor those that gave so much to all of us today. We owe them a lifetime of gratitude, IMO